Although he did not make a comeback, Dinesh Pandit, the writer of the lurid Hindi crime series ‘Haseen Dillruba’ and its sequel ‘Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba’, appears in several episodes. The character played by Rani Kashyap is a huge fan of Pandit’s novels and often shares his poetic interpretations on love and life, which inspires her to be involved in her husband’s murder in Jwalapur.
Pandit’s novels and their teachings are intertwined with Rani’s story in the second film, requiring fans to reflect on their real-life relevance.
Dinesh Pandit’s crime novels appeal to a wider audience.
The screenplays for ‘Haseen Dillruba’ and ‘Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba’ are written by Kanika Poartandi, who created controversy in Dhillon’s film industry by portraying the actions of various characters and their crimes. Nevertheless, Dinesh Pandit is not an authentic person in Dhillon’s universe.
First of all, ‘Pandit’ is a pun on the names of real Hindi pulp fiction writers who were famous between the 1960s and 1990s. These include authors like Gulshan Nanda, Ved Prakash Sharma and Surendra Mohan Pathak, who still have a legacy in the pulp fiction industry today, with an extensive library of books and an arc of storylines that spans a wide range of detective stories, romantic romances and crime novels.
Dinesh Pandit’s character is a tribute to the Hindi pulp fiction novels that have been pushed into the background due to the generational shift. Dhillon too recognised the similarities by mentioning her own Hindi pulp crime books in an interview with OTTplay.
Using Hawas ka Aatang to predict the relationship between Rani and Neel.
The book ‘Aadha’ tells an outstanding story about the woman who meets Rani and Neel before she comes across the novel ‘Hawas ka Aatang’, which leads to her marriage becoming a flop.
It is noteworthy that in one of the earlier situations, when Rani and Neel meet on the balcony of the house, the latter is reading Hawas Ka Aatang, a book that seems to imply a violent and risky relationship. The subtitle of the book is roughly an allusion to the obvious danger of sexual attraction between Rani and Neel, and the aftermath of these encounters suggests that the Pandit novel is a preface to their earlier relationship.
The stories of Cobra ka Intiqam and Magarmach ka Shikanja: Narrative Catalysts have been extensively researched and are widely read in newspapers and magazines.
Unlike Hawas ka Aatang, Dinesh Pandit’s books from ‘Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba’ play a more important role in the plot of the film.
Rani, Rishu and Abhimanyu use the book Magarmach ka Shikanja as a basis to evade Officer Montu’s investigation. The plot also references the 1988 film Khoon Bhari Maang, which uses crocodiles as a major plot device. Both books are as false as Dinesh Pandit and his other creations, but play a more significant role in the film’s plot.
